Rupkey Says U.S. Fiscal Deal to Boost Manufacturing

Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, talks about U.S. manufacturing. The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index climbed to 50.7 last month from November’s 49.5, which was the weakest since July 2009, the Tempe, Arizona-based group’s report showed today. (Source: Bloomberg)